Public Affairs Assistant
Location: US, DC, Washington
Department: Office of Public Affairs
Salary range: 35000-45000
Employment type: Full-time
Required education: Bachelor's Degree
Industry: Media Production
Function: Public Relations

Company profile:
Applied Memetics LLC is a professional services company dedicated to integrating and delivering best practice communication and information solutions in pre-conflict, conflict, or post-conflict areas.  The world has changed: ‘always on’ brands require a new way of thinking to engage and manage their consumers. Our purpose is to inspire original thinking through a deeper understanding of technology and human behaviour.  From strategy through to implementation, our teams of connected specialists – all experts in their respective fields – work together to help our clients maximise the opportunities created by the changing digital world and create a multi faceted digital strategy through to implementation.Our work explores a new model of journalism that is based around a global story – in this case, the struggle for human rights and democracy around the world. Our goal is to build a better user experience of these stories by adding context to content, using the latest digital tools of the day. Over time, we hope to add greater clarity, deeper understanding, and more sustained engagement to the conversations surrounding global events. As such, our content is transcribed and translated into English for broadcast to a global audience.

Job description:
Applied Memetics is looking for a Public Affairs Assistant to support the Office of Public Affairs of an international broadcasting media organization in Washington, DC. 

Requirements:
The candidate will have multiple support responsibilities in the office of Public Relations.  He/she will perform the services at the Washington, DC location of the organization.  He/she will work closely with other members of the Public Relations staff and with a wide variety of colleagues throughout the organization.The ideal candidate will conduct and assist others in conducting public tours of the headquarters building.  The candidate will have solid knowledge about how to use equipment set aside for tour guides. The candidate will plan and assist others in planning news briefings at the organization.  This requires an understanding of how to promote events at the organization internally and externally through the use of various media, and an ability to respond to questions from reporters from various news organizations, print, broadcast, and web-based.  It also requires basic knowledge of technical issues that would relate to TV coverage of such an event.He/she will respond by e-mail to questions posed to the organization through the “Contact Us” page on the website.  The candidate shall have the ability to research subjects and coordinate responses with the organization's staffers who will know more details about posed  questions.The candidate will write and assist others in writing press releases or any other written communications from the PR office, about new developments at the organization.  Contractor shall have ability to work with senior colleagues, who will copy edit the contractor’s work product.  The contractor will also have a strong knowledge of the Smith-Mundt Act. The candidate will update and assist others in updating a re-designed Public Relations website that will require frequent and creative attention.  Since this site will include new information on a variety of organization's developments. He/she will need to have the technical skills required to post updates.  For example, he/she will be posting press releases, information on the launch of a new language service program or a special news event hosted at the organization, etc. The candidate will contact or support others in contacting other national and international media outlets consistent with the more aggressive office goal of improving our organization’s visibility around the world.  

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